[HPforGrownups] A Cold Equation (was Re: The Trial Of Severus Snape)

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 141401

 
Alla (_dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com_ (mailto:dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com) )  
writes:
 
>I am still not getting why Dumbledore's death  HAS to be inevitable? 
>For all we know, DD could have given antidote, IF the potion was  
>that bad and lived?


 
  In a larger, story-based sense, Dumbledore's death was  inevitable.  The 
near-omnipotent mentor must be removed from the  picture in order for the 
student/hero to reach his own  full potential.  Three easy examples are Merlin, 
Gandalf, and Obi-Wan  Kenobi, all of whom Dumbledore has been compared to.
 
  As to whether Dumbledore's death from the horcrux potion was  inevitable, I 
doubt it.  If the DE attack had not been that night, I have  no doubt that 
Snape could have cured Dumbledore, at least partially.  My  biggest question is 
why it never occurred to Harry to help DD by "sticking a  bezoar down his 
throat".
 
  --  Ray


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